Wire clothes-pin.



E. J.',,RIOHARDS. WIR E' CLOTHES PIN. APPLICATION PILED APR. 30, 1912.

1,066,949. Patented July 8, 1913.

3440M Effie/6 UNITE ERNEST J. RICHARDS, OF VULCAN, MICHIGAN.

WIRE CLOTHES-PIN.

Spccificationof Letters Patent.

Patented July 8, :1 913.

Application filed April 30, 1912. Serial No. 694,174.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Enxns'r J. Rroimnns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vulcan, in the county of Dickinson and State of h'liehigan. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire Clothes-Pins, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a simply constructed'clothes pin made from spring wire and consisting of a pair of clamping members so connected and formed as to possess'sutticient resiliency for elasping articles on a clothes line, or the like. 4

An adva tageous feature of my construction is the ldisposition of the terminals of the clamping members in such a manner as not only to afford the resiliency above mentioned, but to provide a suitable finger'piece' for manipulating the clothes pin in using the same.

In addition to the foregoing, it is contemplated to so form one of the clamping members as to su )plement the resiliency obtained by the pecu iar connection of the terminals of the clamping members aforesaid, by cooperationof the members when subjected to separating action. i

For a full understanding of the present invention, reference is told: had to the following description and tothe accompanying drawings, in. which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a clothes pin constructed in accordance with my in-- vention. .Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a'nenlarged detail. view partly broken away and showing the cap member for the upper terminals of the clamping members before it isclamped around the same. Fig. 4 is an end elevation showing; a slightly modified form of construction of my invention.

Throughout the following detail description and on the several figures of the drawings, similar parts are referred to by like reference characters.

Specifically describing the clothes pin constituting my invention, A designates one of a pair of clamping members or jaws, said members each consisting of a single length of wire which is bent back upon itself with its side members 1 and 2 spaced from each other as most clearly shown in Fig. .1 of the drawing. The upper terminals of the clamping member A are bent laterally in opposite directions, the bent portions 3 and 4 other reasons, the side members Jaud '(lof thereof being of any suitable length best suited for the purpose which will be herein; after more fully disclosed.

The clothes pin also comprises the clamping or jaw member B which also consists of a single length of wire bent back upon itself with its side members 5 and 0 adjacent to preferably as shown in Fig. 3, is pl'fiildttl.

and the upper portion 9' thereof is adapted to be bent or clamped over the bent portions of the aw members. while the lower portion 9 is folded around the shanks of the jaw members. This cap is of sulliciently strong metal to firmly bind the clamping members in position and atford considerable resiliency thereto. Supplementing this action, arid f' 'u' the clamping member B are bent outwardly in opposite directions and backwardly so as to form the lateral projections 101 These projections normally rest against the side members 1 and 2 of the clamping me1nber A and tend to resist the separation of. the jaw members A and 13 in an obvious manner. They also prevent the member B} which is interposed between the sides of the member A from becomingdisplaced by being completely drawn therethrough. As will be apparent from the foregoing, when the rap is clamped around the upper ends of the jaw members, a finger piece is provided by means of which the clothes pin can be easily manipulated, such as in placii'ig it in position on a clothes line.

In the customary manner in devices of this character, the lower portions of the clamping members are provided with crooks and the extreme end portions of said members bent outwardly in, opposite directions so as to provide a mouth 11 which fccilitatcs the application of the clothes pin in position. The clothes line is adapted to rest between the creek portions 12.

In Fig. 4: is shown a sl ghtly modified form of clothes pm, comprising the essentials above described but having the jaw as wire clothes lines.

' terminals of said clamping membersbeing said bent; terminal and for retai ing the terminals in the given p iti andfor clamping members intermediate its ends member A provided with a slight bend 13 of the clothes pin, such as when the same cheaply manufactured and easily rections; ase'cond clamping member conat the point where the projections 10 0f the jaw member B contact therewith. The pur-' pose of this bend is to permit of somewhat greater separation of the clamping members is used one rope, where the preferred form descnbedabove 1s used on smaller hnes such,

The device herein described can'be very assembled, 7 not requiring any diflicult ben ngsuch as incidental to the. const u'ction Oran-article of this nature from a single piece of wire".

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A wireclothes pin comprising a pair of clamping members, relatively immovable bent for providing a finger piece 2502 1116 'a grasp of the operator, a'casing mclo'ing sistin'g torsionalstresses thereon-when the clamping members are sprung apart, and additional means formed on one of, the

adapted to abut against the other for sup- 2. A wire clothes pin comprising a clamp-, ing member consisting ofa singlelength of wire bent upon itsel into a loop with its side members in spacedrelation and having its terminalj' bent laterallyin opposite di Copies of this patent max be obtained for Washington clampin therefor f Y 3. A wire Clothespin comprising a pair .-of opposing clamping members, the free ends of each of said members being bent laterally in opposite directions, a cap inlosing the. ends aforesaid and the upper portions ofthe members, thereby afiording Y mg members.- e plementmg the tors onal tension. v =In testimony whereof I afiix my slgnature,

in presence of two witnesses.

five cents each, by

sisting of a single piece of wire bent upon itself and having its terminals bent laterally in opposite directions, the-second clamping member extending through the-loo of the first clamping member, the second c amping member being bent laterally in op osite directions intermediate its ends to jecti0ns abutting against the first clamping member for resisting torsional strains tend- ,ing to separate the clamping members, and

orm procasing inclosing the terminals of the .members' and forming a cap finger piece for the manipulation of the clothes pin and positively holding the ends of the members to "impart resilient actionv thereto, one of said members being adapted to pass'through the other and having projections formed intermediate it-s ends adapted to 'abut'ag'ainst the opposite member and tending; to prevent separation of the clamp-,

ERNEST, J. RICHARDS. 1

' Witnesses: v CLARENCE KnAnns,

' D. A. STEWART.

addressing the Commissioner of Patents, D. G. 

